Militants kill five, target telecoms in Indian Kashmir attacks
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Militants killed four Indian soldiers and an employee of a mobile phone shop in Indian Kashmir on Monday, in a spate of attacks in the disputed region.
Houthis suffer first serious setback in south Yemen fighting: residents
ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Local Sunni Muslim militia ejected Shi’ite Houthi rebels from much of the southern Yemeni city of Dalea on Monday, residents and combatants said, inflicting the first significant setback on the Iranian-backed rebels in two months…
Donor fatigue hits Nepal one month after mega earthquake: U.N.
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The international community’s response to devastating earthquakes in Nepal has been disappointing, a United Nations official said on Monday, adding that donors were focusing more on reconstruction than much need…
Burkina Faso exhumes remains of former president Sankara in murder probe
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Authorities in Burkina Faso began exhuming the remains of former president Thomas Sankara on Monday in a bid to establish responsibility for a murder that has dogged the West African nation since 1987.
Congo soldiers clash with Rwandan rebels in transit camp
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese soldiers clashed with Rwandan Hutu rebels being held in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, wounding at least six, as an agreement to move the rebels from one transit camp to another fell apart.
Colombia’s FARC says end of ceasefire a ‘step back’ in peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels said on Monday the end to their unilateral ceasefire, which was called off last week after a government attack killed dozens of guerrilla fighters, is a setback for peace talks to end five decades of wa…
Taliban truck bomb hits government offices in southern Afghanistan, wounds dozens
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber in a truck loaded with explosives struck a provincial government neighborhood in Zabul in southern Afghanistan on Monday, wounding nearly 70 people, officials said.
Malaysia finds 139 graves in ‘cruel’ jungle trafficking camps
WANG KELIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country’s police …
Japan and Malaysia bolster defense ties, with eyes on China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Malaysia agreed to bolster security ties and start talks on transfers of defense equipment and technology, their leaders said on Monday, as both separately wrangle with China over territorial spats.
Stalling economy hurts Turkey’s AK Party ahead of election
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Murat Dalga stands in a shop filled with everything but customers and swears he won’t be voting for Turkey’s ruling AK Party this time around.
